Hotel chain Eurostars Location Calle 19 #5-20 Country Colombia | Type Mixed-use Town or city Santa Fe, Bogotá Phone +57 1 2845406 | |
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Preceded by Torre Colpatria, Bogotá
196 m (643 ft) Address Cl. 20 #8-88, Bogotá, Colombia Similar BD Bacatá, EDIFICIO BACATA, Downtown 727, Centro Internacio de Viajes, Banco Colpatria | ||
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BD Bacatá (Bogotá Downtown Bacatá) is a skyscraper currently under construction in Bogotá, Colombia, the tallest one in the country, surpassing the Torre Colpatria (Colpatria Tower) and the second tallest in South America. When completed it will be 67 stories high composed of 1.2 million square feet. Development includes office and retail space, apartments and a 364 room hotel. It will be the tallest skyscraper in Colombia, and the first crowdfunded skyscraper, meaning that it was funded by private individuals through the purchase of shares and fiduciary rights allowed under Colombian law.
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Etymology
The name of the tower; Bacatá is taken from the former name of the most developed area on the Bogotá savanna of the pre-Columbian Muisca; Bacatá, which means "(enclosure) outside of the farm fields".
Design
The BD Bacatá complex has the two tallest buildings in Colombia, one with 67 stories, where the new hotel, owned by the Spanish firm Eurostars, will be operating; and the other with 56 stories. The main materials used in the construction of the skyscraper are glass, aluminium and concrete. Both buildings will be connected by a pedestrian footpath in the first floor through the mall's platform, shared by both of them, and it will also have two pedestrian bridges, located in the 14 and 25 floors of both towers.
In the south tower, where the hotel will be located, the predominant material will be glass, notable in the curtain wall planned for it. The office section, located in the north tower, will also have a glass facade and the apartments section will have windows from floor to ceiling, and balconies.
Crowdfunding
BD Bacatá is the world's first crowdfunded skyscraper. It is the first skyscraper to be built in Colombia in 35 years. The structure is financed by over 3,800 ordinary Colombians.